English
Etymology
From cheat + sheet.
Pronunciation
Noun
cheat sheet (plural cheat sheets)
- A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.
- Synonym: crib sheet
- Hypernym: answer sheet
- Coordinate term: cheater
If you have trouble remembering all the trigonometric identities, the book has a cheat sheet in back that lists them.
- (idiomatic) Any summary or quick reference used as a shortcut or reminder, such as an aid for public speaking.
- Hypernyms: aide-mémoire, pro memoria
- Coordinate term: non-paper
Translations
sheet of paper used to assist on a test
- Armenian: հուշաթղթիկ (hušatʻġtʻik)
- Belarusian: шпарга́лка f (šparhálka)
- Bulgarian: пищо́в m (pištóv)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 貓紙 / 猫纸 (maau1 zi2)
- Mandarin: 作弊條 / 作弊条 (zuòbìtiáo), 小抄 (zh) (xiǎochāo), 知識點列表 / 知识点列表 (zhīshìdiǎn lièbiǎo)
- Czech: tahák (cs) m
- Dutch: spiekbriefje (nl) n
- Finnish: lunttilappu (fi), luntti (fi) (often without permission); muistilappu (often with permission)
- French: antisèche (fr) f, pompe (fr) f
- Georgian: შპარგალკა (šṗargalḳa)
- German: Spickzettel (de) m, Schummelzettel (de) m, Spicker m
- Greek: σκονάκι (el) n (skonáki)
- Hebrew: שְלִיף (he)
- Hindi: चिटकुना (ciṭkunā)
- Hungarian: puska (hu)
- Italian: bigliettino m
- Japanese: カンニングペーパー (ja) (kanningu pēpā), カンペ (ja) (kanpe)
- Korean: 커닝 쪽지 (keoning jjokji)
- Kyrgyz: шпаргалка (ky) (şpargalka)
- Latvian: špikeris
- Polish: ściąga (pl) f, ściągawka (pl) f, ściągaczka f
- Portuguese: cábula (pt) f, cola (pt) f (Brazil)
- Romanian: copiuță f, fițuică (ro) f
- Russian: шпарга́лка (ru) f (špargálka), шпо́ра (ru) f (špóra) (slang)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пу̏шкица f
- Roman: pȕškica (sh) f
- Slovak: ťahák m
- Slovene: plonk listek m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: špikowański cedlik m
- Upper Sorbian: špikcedlka f, cedlka k špikowanju f
- Spanish: machete (es) m, chuleta (es) f, copialina f (Colombia), chivo m (Guatemala), copiatín m (Paraguay), chepe m, copiazón m (Paraguay), trencito (es) m (colloquial)
- Swedish: fusklapp (sv)
- Tagalog: kodigo
- Turkish: kopya kâğıdı (tr), kopya (tr)
- Ukrainian: шпарга́лка f (šparhálka)
- Uzbek: shpargalka (uz)
- Vietnamese: bản quay phim (vi), bản quay cóp (vi)
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any summary or quick reference
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